First Grade: Kesher/Connection

This week, we talked about kesher, or connection. We started by reading One Little Chicken, a story about unexpected connections that formed after a chicken wandered into a backyard. Then, after Hebrew Through Movement, children could chose to play an art game, or decorate their name tags. The art game was a timed drawing activity–after a certain amount of time, everyone had to pass their artwork along so everyone had a chance to contribute to each drawing.

Hebrew through Movement
This week for HTM, our lesson was focused on Tu B’Shevat. We looked at beautiful picture cards that showed a lot of the foods we eat on Tu B’Shevat and are grown in Israel. It was fun for the students to say these foods aloud in Hebrew. We then practiced following commands in Hebrew to put several different fruits on pictures of trees in different locations in the room. Many of the students can follow multiple directions if they are spoken slowly.

Sample script:להרים את הפרי תפוז, ללכת עם התפוז אל העץ ולשים את התפוז על העץ

L’harim et ha’pri tapuz, lalechet im hatapuz el ha’etz al hakiseh v’lasim et hatapuz al ha’etz.

Raise the orange fruit, walk with the orange to the tree on the chair (picture) and place the orange on the tree.

Questions to ask at home:
1. What does it mean to be connected to each other?
2. What are a few different ways we can create connections? (Allison’s Class)

(Tzachi’s Class)
We began to speak more about kesher/connection. Students did some more getting to know each other activities and then did a timed drawing activity in which everyone collaborating on the art work. At the end of the day we started to explore the story of Jacob and Esau, which we’ll continue next time.

Announcements

1. Register for Tu B’Shevat Dinner! 2/7
   Please join us for a Yachad-wide (all families K – 12) Tu B’Shevat Shabbat dinner on 2/7, 6 – 8pm. We’ll celebrate the birthday of the trees with dinner, singing, and special activities. We will also be joined by 6 Points Creative Arts Academy Camp Director, Jo-Ellen Unger for info and activities about camp.
   Click here for some background info on the holiday of Tu B’Shevat and here to sign up!
2. Save the Date: K-2 Havdallah Pool Party! Feb 29, 3pm